Friday, 2nd Jan, 2009
Rather excellent analogy from Devil’s Kitchen:
Your humble Devil was in conversation with an American lass of his acquaintance today, and she was explaining why she felt unable to vote for either of the two idiots contending for the US Presidency.
“I think it’s because I’ve seen The Princess Bride,” she explained. “I felt like I was in that battle of wits between The Man In Black and Vizzini. I clearly couldn’t choose the wine in front of them (Obama) and I clearly couldn’t choose the wine in front of me (McCain).”
I happen to like Obama (still!) but for the uninitiated, here’s the scene in question: